Bag-turning machine.



J. OGG.

BAG TURNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 13.17, 1912.

Patented 0ct.22,1912.

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JAMES OGG, OF PAHALA, TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

BAG-TURNING MACHINE.

' of the King of England, residing at Pahala,

thoron in the District of Kan and Territory of Hmvaii, have invented newand useful Improvements in Bag-Turning Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for turning bags.

The object of the present invention is to provide an extremely simpleand inexpensive apparatus whereby bags and sacks which may havecontained granulated mate rial or line grain may be readily turnedinside out.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combinationof parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, havingreference to the accompanying thawing, in which inure 1 is a sideelevation of the device. Fig. 22 is a perspective of the lever jaws.

in establishments and institutions where goods and divers materials arepacked and unpacked in fabric sacks a great loss of the material occursby its retention in the interstices of the fabric. It is desirable, whengreat numbers of the bags containing these various materials areemptied, that they be thoroughly shaken or cleaned so as to prevent losswhich, when bags are used in great numbers, amounts to a considerable.tem.

1P, end providing an apparatus for illy emptying the fabric containersand enabling them to be quickly reversed or turned inside out, 1 haveprovided a structure comprising a frame or post 2 which may be attachedto a suitable platform 3; there being hinged or otherwise suitablyconnected to the post 2 a lever or bar 4, on the outer end of which isprovided a com bined spreader and jaw 5. Pivoted upon the bar lat 6 is acooperative lever T,'having on its end adjacent to the of the arni tcomplementary aw and spreader 8. The

opposite end of the lever 7 extends through a sios or groove in the post2 and is con- I necved at 9 to a contractile spring 10 appropriatelyconnected to the post 2; the func: tioh of the spring 10 being tonormally pull the roa 1' end of the lever upwardly thus expanding orseparating the jaw spreaders 5 and 8.

in ope ation a sack to be turned is slipped over the jaws 5 and 8, whichfor the time Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented one. 22,1912.

Application filed April 17, 1912. Serial No. 691,487.

being are moved toward each other by a pressure on the foot lever orpedal 11. The latter is connected by a link 12 to the lever arm 7 and ispivoted at 13 to the support After the bag has been passed sufiicientlyover the projecting arms 4 and 7 so that the bottom of the bag isstopped by the jaws 58, the bottom of the bag is dented in to form abight 14 to be caught by the teeth 15 on the adjacent jaws 5-8; thepedal 11 being operated so as to-cause the jaws to grip and hold thebottom bight of the bag. Then the mouth of the bag is pulled back untilcompletely turned. Next shake the bag while the bottom is still held bythe jaws, Then release the pedal and thema chine is ready for anotherbag. m

In practice it has been found a great convenience and labor saver andmakes a much cleaner job for the operator than doing it all by hand. Inthe case of fertilizer bags it is hard to get labor to stay at thiswork.- With this machine a boy can do as much bag turning as three menwould do.

Having thus described my invention, what- I claim anddesire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. A bag turner comprising a pair of approximatelycentrally pivoted levers carrying coacting jaws at one end, one of thele vers pivoted to a support, the other lever having its inner endyicldingly supported so as to normally expand the jaws, and means foroperating the .Y to close the jaws.

2. A bag turner consisting of a vertical support, a lever pivoted at oneend to the support and extending horizontally, a second horizontallyextending lever pivoted to the first named lever, the second leverhavingits rear end Working in a vertical guide in said "support, aspring normally lifting the guided end of said lever, coacting jaws l. Asack turning apparatus comprising a. pan of connected levers over whicha, bag In testlmony whereof I have hereunto set may be extended, havmgbag expandlng and my hand 1n the presence of two subscrlbmg grlppmgmembers at then outer ends, means wltnesses.

for normally expanding said members, :1 JAMES OGG. support upon whichthemembers are mount- Witnesses:

ed, and a foot pedal connected with one 1e- HENRY GLASS,

Ver to close the gripping members. EDWARD Tom).

Qepies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, layaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. (3.

